The Boston Celtics gave up good assets for Jrue Holiday, like Robert Williams III and Malcolm Brogdon, so they don’t want to lose him for nothing. It appears the interest in an extension between the two sides is mutual.
ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reported that the Celtics and Holiday have a shared interest in working out an extension.
“He is eligible on April 1 too. He’s already eligible now, but he – this sounds funky – he gets more eligible April 1. There’s fewer limits on what he can sign April 1. And I do think that there’s interest on both sides to get something done sooner rather than later. Whether they do or not, I don’t know,” Windhorst said on the March 25 episode of “The Hoop Collective.”
Holiday is in the third year of a four-year, $135 million contract. He has a player option for $37.4 million for the 2024-25 season. The question will be how long his next contract will be and how much will the Celtics pay him.
Holiday has made the All-Star team twice with the Philadelphia 76ers and the Milwaukee Bucks.
